Coldplay has setup a special promotional site in celebration of the 2nd leg of their North American Twisted Logic tour. Head to TalktheTour.com to receive a special message from Coldplay about being a part of launching their new tour and winning some cool stuff like:
Forget Cassettes will play their final hometown show this year this coming Friday, November 11th at The End in Nashville, TN. As previously reported, the band recently completed demos for their follow-up to Instruments of Action with producer "King" Richard Feaster and will be taking the upcoming break to begin full-fledged recording. The band have plans to release one of the demos to their website in the near future.
There have been a few more details released about the upcoming Beastie Boys documentary, Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That. The film was recently bought by THINKFilm who've stated they will release the film in Spring 2006 after "significant festival presentations early [2006]." In addition, director Nathaniel Hornblower (MCA) also reported that a DVD will be released next summer with many of the same features as their Beastie Boys Video Anthology Criterion Collection release in 2000. For now, fans with access to the Boys' hub can download a hi-res version of the movie poster for their own personal use.
We're doing what we can to make you listen to The Lovemakers and what better way to entice you than by offering up some music of theirs mashed up with Trans-X, Eminem, and The Beastie Boys? Download it here.
If you're still on the fence about that new Mars Volta live album, Scab Dates, that we've told you about you can now preview it online in its entirety. Use either Real Player or Windows Media to check it out.
HIM, Finch and Fireball Ministry will partake in the Viva La Bands Tour, a 4-city mini-tour hosted by Bam Margera. In between sets, Bam and the rest of the of the Viva La Bam hooligans will show never-before-seen video footage from the show.
The forthcoming Film School full-length, to-be-released on Beggars Banquet, will now see a January 24th release in the US. To preview material from the upcoming release, head over to the band's MySpace page. Though, if you'd like something now, they've released a single of the track "On And On," backed with "Plus 1" and "February."
Instrumental, post-rock quintet Tristeza will release their new album, A Colores, via Better Looking Records on November 22nd (pushed back from November 8th). If you've yet to hear any new material, you can preview the entire album with this handy ecard (and download a few older tracks at Better Looking). The band is in the midst of a nation-wide tour that started November 2nd and will end with their album release party in Tijuana on December 3rd.
If you happened to catch The Shins over the summer you probably saw their energetic opening act The Brunettes. The New Zealand band will be releasing their stateside debut on Sub Pop in August 2006. Since that's a long ass time to wait, we suggest you check their website for downloads, images, and what to expect.
Artic Monkeys are all the rage in the UK, so they'll be playing a handful of shows here in ole North America just to make sure their buzz gets spread around somewhat evenly.
What happens if you get Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees, Queens of the Stone Age) and Isobel Campbell (Belle & Sebastian) together to record an album? You get Ballad of the Broken Seas is what you get. Look for it in February 2006 via V2.
You gotta give Merge Records some massive credit for their latest offer included in the new Strange Geometry vinyl LP from The Clientele. You buy the wax, you get a redeemable coupon to download the album straight from the Merge site. Skip all that CD non-sense, this is the way to go. And if that's not enough Clientele for ya, the band is on tour - so go check them out.
Styrofoam are on tour in support of Nothing's Lost. Sure the album came out in 2004 but that doesn't mean you shouldn't know about it, top notch record.
You can check out two mp3's from the forthcoming Division Day full-length Beartrap Island over on their site. No word on the actual release date but the tracks are good.
EA Games is teaming up with Nettwerk Recordings to form EA Recordings - a 'record label' of sorts that will release ringtones, remixes, and original music from their games. Sounds nuts but when you think about it - is there that big of a difference between a movie soundtrack and a videogame soundtrack these days? I think not. Check out all the digital music distributors (iTunes, Rhapsody, Napster, etc) to get your EA download on.
The new single from The White Stripes will be "The Denial Twist." The band has put together a new video with Michel Gondry that retells their weeklong appearance on the Conan O'Brien Show, complete with an appearance by Conan himself. Given that Gondry rarely disappoints, we'll have a link for you to the video as soon as we find one.
Just a little reminder that the landmark AFX Hangable Autobulb EPs from Richard D. James have been combined and packaged as one release. And that release happened this week (November 1st, in the US), so go nab yourself a copy of this "mythical" pairing.
The new album from Demon Hunter, The Triptych, is in stores now. For those who would like to dig a bit deeper as well preview a few tracks from the album, head over to the thethirdwar.com. Fans will be able to unlock hidden content and a bonus acoustic song.
Nellie McKay will release her new album, Pretty Little Head, on December 27th. She's lined up a few dates in support of the release. Here's to hoping she's ditched the side of her "sound" that was being compared to Eminem. Eesh.
For fans of Fenix TX who wished for reconciliation after the band’s sudden break-up in 2002, the dream will become reality on November 8th when the band releases Purple Reign In Blood - Live. The band launched a tour to bring the celebration directly to their fans and you can find the dates below. Also, as a thank-you to fans, Fenix TX will be performing 20-minute acoustic sets at a numbe of in-stores along the tour route starting the week of release, those are below too.
